HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2184
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to historic preservation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "historic property" to read as follows:

""Historic property" means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, [which] that is [over fifty] seventy-five years [old.] or older."

SECTION 2. Section 6K-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) In addition, an administrative fine of up to $5,000 may be levied for each specimen of natural resource or any historic property taken, killed, injured, broken, or damaged in violation of any rule adopted under this chapter. For purposes of this section, "natural resource" includes any archaeological artifacts, minerals, any aquatic life or wildlife or parts thereof, including their eggs, and any land plants or parts thereof, including seeds. Also for purposes of this section, "historic property" means any building, structure, object, districts, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, [which] that is [over fifty] seventy-five years [old.] or older."

SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Historic Preservation; Historic Property

Description:

Amends the threshold for when a building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, is considered historic property from over fifty years old to seventy-five years or older.

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